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StirCrazy
Apr 14, 2021Moderator
BFL13 wrote:
If I am right that CCA is "power" , then an experienced RVer is looking for a deep cycle battery with LESS power. He stays away from those starting batteries, and sure would not want one with "Twice the Power".
it isnt power. power is watts, it is the potential. you need amps and a voltage to make power and that is applied over a period of time.
starter batteries have less power than say a GC battery, but they are designed to release more over a shorter period of time. so they are good at putting out a short burst at 800 amps. where they heavy design of a GC battery limits the peak discharge but allows a larger reserve. so say a starting battery can do 800 amps for 1 minuit a gc battery may be able to do 150 amps for 30 min.
Steve
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